Willow Smith Says She’s Not A Nepo Baby For THESE Reasons!

Willow Smith rejects the nepo child label.

While you consider America’s most well-known performing dynasties, you may consider the Barrymores, maybe the Baldwins, the Fondas, the Sheens… However one other well-known bunch you most likely can’t assist however consider is the Smiths. That will be Jada Pinkett and Will Smith and their celeb kiddos Jaden and Willow. One thing all these households have in widespread?? Youngsters being born into stardom! However Willow says her case is totally different.

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Throughout an interview with Attract revealed on Thursday, the Wait a Minute! singer opened up concerning the dreaded “nepo child” title generally pinned onto celeb youngsters who additionally grow to be stars. Right here’s why she thinks her “spirit” and “insecurity” distinguishes her from the remainder of the bunch:

“I really imagine that my spirit is a robust spirit and that, even when my dad and mom weren’t who they have been, I might nonetheless be a weirdo and a loopy thinker. I undoubtedly assume that just a little little bit of insecurity has pushed me tougher as a result of folks do assume that the one motive I’m profitable is due to my dad and mom.”

She continued:

“That has pushed me to work actually onerous to attempt to show them fallacious. However these days, I don’t must show s**t to anyone.”

However insecurity isn’t the one factor she feels contributed to her willpower to succeed… She’s additionally needed to battle racism all through her complete inventive journey:

“There have been some experiences the place I went into a spot that I’ve labored up to now and my image may even be up on the wall, they usually deal with me like, ‘It is a little bit out of your value vary’ or ‘You don’t actually belong right here.’”

That’s so tousled! Don’t they know who her dad and mom are??

In all seriousness, it’s so gross racism continues to be so prevalent — sure, even in liberal Hollywood. Willow proved her star high quality to the world along with her chart-topping hit Whip My Hair earlier than she was even a teen! However she says her race made her rise to fame harder than that of others:

“Being Black in America, even with privilege, which I’m by no means going to disclaim that I’ve, you’re nonetheless Black. And I like being Black. Folks would have a look at me and [say], ‘Okay, nicely, her dad and mom are this and this and that, however she nonetheless is like me. She nonetheless has brown pores and skin.’ And everyone knows that that doesn’t exempt you from something, and that’s a spot of connection.”

Elsewhere within the interview, the Meet Me At Our Spot singer mirrored on among the self-deprecating ideas she falls sufferer to… You already know, the “Will I ever be ok?” and “Folks solely like me due to my dad and mom” type of ideas. However on that, she famous:

“That’s simply because I’m reflecting the fears and the issues that individuals have stated to me, not essentially my very own ideas. I’m wrongly internalizing the negativity from the surface.”

Loads of nepo infants show their expertise on their very own, with some even surpassing the celebrity of their dad and mom. Jamie Lee Curtis, George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow… Will Willow be part of that membership? Or will she eternally be considered Will Smith’s child?

What are your ideas, Perezcious readers? Do you view Willow as a standard nepo child? Do you see how her case is totally different from others? Tell us down within the feedback.

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